Helicopter crew runs underneath the whirring blades of a Coast Guard MH-65D Dolphin Helicopter after installing primary tie-downs on the Coast Guard Cutter Alert's flight deck during helicopter exercises. These drills are in preparation for an upcoming deployment. The cutter is homeported in Astoria, Ore. Its primary missions include patrolling the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone to protect living marine resources from foreign fishing interests and boarding domestic fishing vessels to enforce federal and state fisheries and vessel safety laws. US Coast Guard Art Program 2013 Collection, Ob ID # 201303, "On deck," Don Borie, watercolor, 12.5 x 19
